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A ‘Self-Aware’ Fish Raises Doubts About a Cognitive Test

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A report that a fish can pass the “mirror test” for self-awareness reignites debates about how to define and measure that elusive quality.Very few animals have ever passed the mirror test for self-recognition — even most primates fail it. The news that a fish seemed to recognize itself in one recent study has made psychologists and animal behaviorists wonder anew what (if anything) the mirror test proves.A ‘Self-Aware’ Fish Raises Doubts About a Cognitive Test

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 A report that a fish can pass the “mirror test” for self-awareness reignites debates about how to define and measure that elusive quality.


Very few animals have ever passed the mirror test for self-recognition — even most primates fail it. The news that a fish seemed to recognize itself in one recent study has made psychologists and animal behaviorists wonder anew what (if anything) the mirror test proves.

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